In: Statistics and Probability
A simple random sample of 150 subscribers to your local newspaper.
(i)
Let
N = Total number of subscribers to your local newspaper.
To select 150 subscribers through Simple Random Sampling method, the following procedure is adopted.
Step 1:
Give serial numbers to each of the N subscribers from 1 to N.
Step 2:
Using Random Number Generator Software, obtain 150 random numbers out of the total number of N numbers.
Thus, we get a simple random sample of 150 subscribers to your local newspaper.
(ii)
Critical analysis of the Simple Random Sampling plan.
In Simple Random Sampling plan, every item in the population has the same likelihood of being selected in the sample. The selection of items completely depends on chance.
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